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A Very Rare 16-Bore Flintlock 1756 Pattern Irish Contract Light Dragoon Pistol image 1
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Lot 273*

A Very Rare 16-Bore Flintlock 1756 Pattern Irish Contract Light Dragoon Pistol
By Trulock, Dated 1762

27 November 2019, 10:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Very Rare 16-Bore Flintlock 1756 Pattern Irish Contract Light Dragoon Pistol
By Trulock, Dated 1762

With plain barrel indistinctly stamped along the top, plain tang, flat bevelled lock with 'GR' crowned and signed and dated across the tail, bevelled pan, figured full stock (fore-end with old splits at the muzzle, some old bruising) with shallow apron around the tang, and regulation brass mounts including shaped escutcheon with traces of engraving (some wear and light rust patination overall, ramrod missing), indistinct proof marks
25.4 cm. barrel

Footnotes

See Robert Brooker, British Military Pistols..., 2016, p.105, fig. 4

The maker is George Trulock 2 who was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1752

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